Life: A Challenge of Balance
How can we live a better-balanced life? Do you sometimes feel trapped on the treadmill of life—so busy, stressed, and buried in responsibilities that you long to escape from the active side of the life-balance scale? At other times—on the passive side of the scale—does life seem mundane and monotonous, devoid of meaningful activity or accomplishments? How can we avoid these extremes? L ife continually challenges us to achieve and maintain balance. Each new day may bring a myriad of conflicting thoughts, emotions, ideas, actions, and distractions. If such conflicts are left unchecked, our human nature succumbs to them. The key to accomplishing our goals and achieving sustainable satisfaction is doing meaningful work balanced with a healthy lifestyle that includes fun, leisure, and recreation. A well-balanced lifestyle requires successfully meeting the following challenges: Working vigorously to attain our goals with a sense of pride, pu...